Tuesday, 10 July 2018

flash - What is second-curtain or rear-curtain technique?




I have a Nikon D80 I seem to remember having read somewhere that it should be possible to take photos in it using something called a second curtain technique. My question is does anybody know if this is so and how to go about it with the D80 (instructions for other camera models would be cool too)?


Also what kind of photos would this technique be best for?



Answer



Nikon refers to this as rear curtain sync. You can turn it on by holding down the flash button and turning the command dial to move between the different flash modes available.


Rear curtain sync is available in Program-Auto, Aperture priority, and Manual modes.


Check out the D80 manual for more info: http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/dslr/D80_en.pdf (PDF)


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